Off-duty cop scheduled in court today, charged in fatal LSD crash

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A North Chicago police officer is scheduled to appear in bond court today, in connection with a crash that killed two college students on Lake Shore Drive.

25-year-old Joaquin Garcia and 27-year-old Fabian Torres were killed in the crash.

Garcia was a student at Malcom X College, and was planning to graduate in May. Torres was a student at Depaul University.

Cecilia Garcia, Joaquin’s mother, briefly spoke to a reporter. “I’m devastated,” Mrs. Garcia said. “Justice has to be served. (The officer) is supposed to be protecting us. My son did not deserve to die like this.”

35-year-old Terrell Garrett was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence and two counts of reckless homicide, said Sally Daly, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

Police said Garrett, who was off duty at the time, was going northbound in the southbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive about 4 a.m Friday, when he slammed into two vehicles between Belmont and Diversey parkway.

The men killed were in a Jeep that flipped.

It’s uncertain whether Garrett will appear in court because he remains hospitalized with a fractured hip.

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Dana

DD never die

Regardless of him being a cop or not he will get a slap on the wrist while a family mourns the loss just as the drunk who killed my father did. He walks the streets a free man while my father lies in a grave. Drunk driving penalties are a joke in Illinois. My heart breaks for the families involved, unfortunately justice will not be served.

Dana

Him being a cop is actually an aggravating circumstance to get a heftier penalty. He just showed he is an abusive public servant with total disregard for the taxpayers who fund his paycheck. This case should be an example of public officials getting a tough sentence, considering that the Abbate case was kick on the taxpayers behinds.